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"\"&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_1000164308\\\" style=\\\"width: 560px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"size-full wp-image-1000164308\\\" title=\\\"Tanner Gudauskas\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2013\\/08\\/Tanner_Gudauskas.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Tanner Gudauskas\\\" width=\\\"560\\\" height=\\\"371\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Tanner Gudauskas getting vert in VB. Photo: ASP&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.vans.com\\/ecsc\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;Vans Pro&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt; ASP 4-Star Men\\u2019s&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt; Vans Pro Junior ASP 4-Star Junior Men\\u2019s&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt; Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt;August 19 through 25, 2013&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ASP 4-Star Vans Pro and Vans Pro Junior Returns to Virginia Beach&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia\\/USA (Friday, August 16, 2013) \\u2013 The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) 4-Star Vans Pro is set to return to 1st Street Jetty in Virginia Beach, Virginia, running in conjunction with the East Coast Surfing Championships from August 19 through 25, 2013. The Vans Pro is the only US East Coast event on the 2013 ASP Qualifying Series, attracting some of the nation\\u2019s top talent and international rising stars who are in search of crucial points towards their ASP World Ranking.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Tanner Gudauskas (San Clemente, CA), 25, top seed at the Vans Pro, was a standout in last year\\u2019s event and was quick to mention that board selection is crucial in earning a top result in Virginia Beach\\u2019s often challenging conditions. \\u201cECSC is all about having the right equipment,\\u201d Gudauskas said. \\u201cEspecially being a big human like myself. \\u201cIf you can generate speed on the small waves then it is unlimited fun.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Gudauskas is a perennial standout at the Vans Pro and is excited to take in the sights and sounds brought on by the Vans Pro\\u2019s festival atmosphere. \\u201cI love VB,\\u201d Gudauskas said. \\u201cIt\\u2019s great to hang with all the boys and enjoy the time, have a couple orange crush drinks, check out Big D at Coastal Edge, buy a Yolo t shirt and be stoked! They said Virginia Beach is for lovers man, who doesn\\u2019t like that? For me I am stoked because Dane is coming out of semi retirement of the jersey to compete again in Virginia. We are stoked to harness the energy and try to make some heats! Don\\u2019t let Dane get in his zone!\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Keanu Asing (Ewa Beach, HI), 20, winner of last year\\u2019s Vans Pro Junior, has been climbing the Men\\u2019s ASP World Ranking with some standout results this season and will be a double-threat in both the men\\u2019s and junior event this year. \\u201cWinning that Pro Junior last year was amazing and boosted my confidence for sure,\\u201d Asing said. \\u201cIt would mean a lot to win the men\\u2019s at ECSC but I\\u2019m mainly looking forward to my performance and getting waves. I can\\u2019t win without waves or a good performance so I\\u2019m just mainly looking forward to hopefully having some waves down in VB and surf best to my ability.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;While Asing has the opportunity to surf in world-class conditions surrounding his home Island of Oahu, his local breaks in Ewa Beach have helped Asing develop his small wave skills. \\u201cComing from Hawaii where the waves are always big, people tend to think that we might not be as good competing in smaller surf, but I kind of thrive off of these waves sometimes,\\u201d Asing said. \\u201cWhere I\\u2019m from in Ewa Beach has a lot of waves that are fairly similar to Virginia Beach, and the past few years this place has brought me some success so I guess I\\u2019m pretty comfortable here.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;While the Vans Pro will headline as the main event, the ASP 4-Star Vans Pro Junior will play a vital role in deciding both qualifiers for the 2013 ASP World Junior Championships and the regional under-21 champion.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Jake Halstead (La Jolla, CA), 19, current No. 1 on the ASP North America Pro Junior Series, has put together an impressive return to competition following a severe ankle injury, taking out his first ASP Pro Junior win while marching atop the regional rankings. The Californian knows another crucial result at the Vans Pro Junior is crucial in solidifying the ASP North America Pro Junior Series Title and is focused on earning another banner result.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cGoing in to Virginia Beach being first in the points ratings is a good feeling,\\u201d Halstead said. \\u201cAt the start of the year, I really didn\\u2019t expect to be in this position. Because of an injury, I had to miss the first Pro Junior contest at Sunset Beach which I really wanted to do because I love that wave, but I was super stoked to win in Florida which was a huge confidence builder for me. Virginia beach is going to be a key event because it is the last 4 Star event of the year and I know I just need to go there and let my surfing do the talking. The waves in Virginia Beach are mostly small wind waves and I have some really good equipment for that this year. Winning the ASP Pro Junior North America Series would mean the world to me. It is something I have been working hard towards.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The Vans Pro and Vans Pro Junior will run in conjunction with the Coastal Edge ECSC pres. By Vans and will run from August 19 through 25, 2013.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Watch the event LIVE via &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.vans.com\\/ecsc\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;www.vans.com\\/ecsc&lt;\\/a&gt;. For additional ASP information log on to &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.aspworldtour.com\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;www.aspworldtour.com&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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